1. "Move the capital back to Luoyang?" Zhu Youzhen was stunned, and many ministers in the DPRK and China were also stunned, only Li Zhen and a few others understood it in their hearts.

At the beginning, Zhu Wen started in Kaifeng, expanded all the way, and finally usurped the Tang Dynasty and established the capital Kaifeng.

However, although Kaifeng is the place where Zhu Wen started and the source of the name of Liang State, Kaifeng is actually not suitable as the national capital, because there are enemies on all sides in this vicinity, and there is no danger to defend, and as the capital, it is bound to require a large number of troops to defend.

Luoyang is much more suitable as the capital in comparison, and the superior geographical conditions make Luoyang much easier to defend than Kaifeng; In addition, Luoyang is surrounded by fertile water and soil and is densely populated, which is also an important advantage as a capital city.

Among the rulers of the previous dynasties, the capital was generally either set in Chang'an or Luoyang, because both of them had excellent geographical conditions.

Therefore, although Zhu Wen set the capital in Kaifeng in the early stage, he moved the capital to Luoyang soon after the founding of the country, and set Kaifeng as the eastern capital, with Zhu Youwen, the king of Bo, staying in the eastern capital.

After that, Zhu Youqi killed his father and became independent, and also took Luoyang as the capital.

However, when Zhu Youzhen launched a mutiny and ascended to the throne, because his foundation was in Kaifeng, he chose to ascend the throne in Kaifeng, and the capital naturally moved here.

Now Jing Xiang suddenly proposed to move the capital, which soon attracted a lot of discussion among the ministers of the DPRK and China.

"Move the capital to Luoyang? Is this necessary? At the beginning, Emperor Taizu laid a foundation in Kaifeng, and now the capital is here, isn't it very good? Why move the capital? ”

"This is a mistake, the benefits of moving the capital to Luoyang are indeed many, not to mention anything else, just Luoyang's geographical advantages, it is worth moving the capital, Emperor Taizu did not move the capital to Luoyang for this reason? Now that the capital has been moved back to Luoyang, this is also the proper meaning! ”

"What is the proper meaning? This move the capital to come, move the capital to go, back and forth to toss all this, what are you doing? ”

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The ministers discussed a lot, but Zhu Youzhen's heart sank, and he looked at Jingxiang with burning eyes, as if he wanted to understand this person's intentions.

"Jing Xiang proposed to move the capital to Luoyang at this time, what does this mean? Could it be that he is dissatisfied with Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie, so he has this discussion? Zhu Youzhen frowned and groaned.

Jing Xiang was not in a hurry, his expression was calm and calm, as if he did not hear the discussion of the ministers, nor did he feel Zhu Youzhen's gaze.

"Okay, noisy, what's the system?" At this time, the Chongzheng Yuan made Li Zhen stand up to stop the ministers from discussing.

He said loudly to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that moving the capital back to Luoyang is indeed conducive to defense. In the past, the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei, and Northern Wei Dynasty were all set up here, and the Sui and Tang dynasties also once established their capitals here, which shows that Luoyang as the capital city does have its special features. The minister agreed with the proposal to move the capital. ”

Jing Xiang then smiled again: "Your Majesty, moving the capital back to Luoyang, this not only conforms to the time of the day, but also symbolizes Your Majesty's inheritance of Emperor Taizu's great cause." At the beginning, Emperor Taizu was in Kaifeng Longxing, and later moved the capital to Luoyang; Now that His Majesty has also ascended the throne in Kaifeng, and then moved the capital to Luoyang, isn't this providence? ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, at this time he had calmed down, regardless of whether Jing Xiang, Li Zhen and others wanted to take this opportunity to express their dissatisfaction, but the proposal to move the capital had been proposed, and at this time, no matter what, he had to give an explanation.

According to his original intention, he was naturally reluctant to move the capital to Luoyang.

After all, since he sat in the position left behind in the eastern capital, although the time is not long, but under his painstaking management, he has enough control over Kaifeng.

In this case, he was naturally reluctant to move the capital to Luoyang, which was not his territory, but the territory of his enemy Zhu Youqi.

However, Zhu Youzhen is not stupid after all, of course he also knows the advantages of building the capital Luoyang compared to the construction of the capital Kaifeng, not to mention other problems, Luoyang's superior geographical conditions alone are much stronger than Kaifeng.

In this way, Liang only needed a part of his troops to hold dangerous places and guard against enemy surprise attacks.

And if the enemy army builds the capital in Kaifeng, because there is no danger to defend near Kaifeng, it can only be defended with strong troops, which is easy to be forced by the enemy army to the city.

In fact, the historical Liang State was raided to Kaifeng City by Li Cunmiao with a large army, when the city was empty, Zhu Youzhen committed suicide in despair, and the Liang State perished.

Although Zhu Youzhen doesn't know history, it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand the benefits of building the capital Luoyang.

Jing Xiang and Li Zhen took the lead in agreeing to move the capital, and then many other civil and military ministers stood up to second the proposal, as if the court and China were all in favor of moving the capital.

Zhu Youzhen frowned, and turned her head to look at her cronies Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie.

I saw Zhang Hanjie looking down at the ground at this time, without saying a word, as if there was something interesting on the ground.

But another henchman, Zhao Yan, said: "Your Majesty, how important is the matter of moving the capital? The minister did not dare to speak presumptuously, and asked His Majesty to make up his own mind. ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned again, what is the attitude of these two people? Do they also approve of moving the capital?

He didn't know that since Li Zhen and Jing Xiang began to discuss the relocation of the capital last year, they secretly looked for people who supported them in the court, namely Zhang Hanjie and Zhao Yan, who also went to seek support.

Originally, Zhao Yan and the others did not agree with whether to move the capital to Luoyang, but they did not support it; However, Li Zhen and Jing Xiang are old ministers in the Zhu Wen era, with high status and old qualifications, and Zhang Hanjie cannot be compared with them in any way.

Although the two were favored by Zhu Youzhen, they were able to tilt the power of the government and the opposition, and many major affairs in the DPRK and China could be decided in one word, but after all, their prestige was still shallow, and there were not many supporters in the DPRK.

After Jing Xiang and Li Zhen took the initiative to find them for help, they originally subconsciously wanted to object; But since Jing Xiang and the others took the initiative to come to the door, they naturally had a certain degree of certainty before they made a move.

Under the words and promises of the two, Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie were finally persuaded and promised that if Jingxiang proposed to move the capital, they would remain neutral.

Maintaining neutrality is already the ultimate that Zhao Yan and the others can do, and Jing Xiang and Li Zhen just hope that they can remain neutral.

Seeing this attitude of the two of them, many civil and military officers in the DPRK who originally planned to oppose the relocation of the capital suddenly stopped and decided to wait and see the situation for the time being.

And Zhu Youzhen of course understood at this time that Jing Xiang obviously did not suddenly propose to move the capital, but had been prepared for a long time before this, that is, Zhao Yan and the others had been convinced.

This made him feel a little annoyed.

As the Son of Heaven, it stands to reason that he should have the final say in all the affairs of the DPRK and China, but he couldn't make the decision about the war in Xuzhou before, and now he even knew about such a major event as moving the capital, and he didn't hear any news before that.

This made Jing Xiang suddenly propose to move the capital, he was caught off guard, not only was he unprepared, but at this time, he had to face the pressure of the military ministers in the context of the DPRK and China alone.

Zhu Youzhen was annoyed in his heart, and he was only a little hesitant about whether to move the capital, but at this time, he became very disgusted with the proposal to move the capital.

Of course, in the face of everyone's support, Zhu Youzhen could not stand up against it at this time.

After pondering for a while, he said coldly: "Moving the capital back to Luoyang, this is also a good choice, but the matter of moving the capital is very important, now Xuzhou is using troops, and there must be no mistake in the grain and grass in the rear. Therefore, the matter of moving the capital should be discussed later. ”

At this time, the whole court and the central government were in favor of moving the capital, and in this case, even if Zhu Youzhen did not want to move the capital in his heart, he could not speak out against it, so he could only use the method of delay.

After today, he can calmly arrange and find supporters in the court, and it is not up to him to decide whether to move the capital or not.

But Jing Xiang and the others finally found the opportunity to make trouble now, how could they let Zhu Youzhen fool the past like this?

Jing Xiang said loudly: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, do you mean that after the war in Xuzhou is over, no matter what happens, the capital must be moved to Luoyang immediately?" His eyes pressed tightly on Zhu Youzhen, wanting to get an affirmative answer from him.

Zhu Youzhen looked displeased, but under Jing Xiang's questioning, he could only speak: "How is this possible?" If current events are unpredictable today, who knows what the situation will be? I can only say that if the situation is stable, I will move the capital to Luoyang when the time comes. ”

Jing Xiang was still a little dissatisfied, but Li Zhen said on the side: "Your Majesty, since it is determined that Xuzhou will move the capital after the war, presumably the situation will not change at that time." In this way, our dynasty will surely prosper in the world. He said as he glanced at Jing Xiang.

Jing Xiang sighed in his heart, he knew what Li Zhen meant, it was nothing more than that he didn't want to persecute too much, after all, Zhu Youzhen was the Son of Heaven no matter how he said it, how could they, who were courtiers, blindly force each other? It is better to confirm the resolution of Xuzhou to move the capital after the war, and then discuss it when the time comes.

"That's it, I think that Li Cunmiao, the king of Jin, will not go south so quickly, and after the battle of Xuzhou, regardless of victory or defeat, presumably the Wu army will also have to rest for a while; In this way, there should be no important matter between the DPRK and China at that time. ”

Thinking of this, Jing Xiang had no choice but to follow Li Zhen and echo him.

After dispersing, Zhu Youzhen got up a little sullenly, and Zhang Hanjie and Zhao Yan hurriedly chased after them.

"Your Majesty, wait a minute, the ministers have something to report."

Zhu Youzhen looked back and saw that it was the two of them, and couldn't help but be a little unhappy: "What are you doing here?" Don't you still want to be lobbyists for Jing Xiang and the others? Obviously, he was still a little dissatisfied with the actions of the two just now.

Zhang Hanjie hurriedly said: "Don't dare, the ministers and the others are loyal to Your Majesty, how dare they be lobbyists for Jingxiang and the others?" The reason why he didn't stand up against it before was because he felt that this matter was also a good thing for His Majesty, so he didn't speak out against it. ”

"A good thing? I don't see any good. Zhu Youzhen's voice was cold, but her face was still better than just now.